Overview
Papers of American classical scholar and professor, and president of Harvard College, Cornelius Conway Felton and his family.
Dates
- Creation: 1851-1907
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Contains lectures Cornelius Felton delivered at Harvard and elsewhere, a few poems by him, manuscripts and diaries of European trips by Felton women, probably his daughters, some family correspondence, and a photograph.
Biographical / Historical
Cornelius Conway Felton (1807-1862) was a classical scholar and professor, then president of Harvard College.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Correspondence
- II. Other manuscripts
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
62M-340. Purchased with the Duplicate fund from Maxwell Hunley; received: 1962.
- Title
- Felton family. Felton family papers, 1851-1907: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00826
Repository Details
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